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`a2) United States Patent
`US 8,510,406 B2
`(10) Patent No.:
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`(45) Date of Patent: *Aug. 13, 2013
`Kembeletal.
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`(54) COMPONENT FOR ACCESSING AND
`DISPLAYING INTERNET CONTENT
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`(52) U.S. CL
`USPC wiecesssesctesseseseseecssseecsnecensensseseeansentes 709/217
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`(75)
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`Inventors: John Albert Kembel, Palo Alto, CA
`(US); George Andrew Kembel, Menlo
`Park, CA (US); Daniel S. Kim, Palo
`Alto, CA (US); John Russell, Palo Alto,
`CA (US); Jake Wobbrock, Palo Alto,
`CA (US); Geoffrey S. Kembel, Menlo
`Park, CA (US); Jeremy L. Kembel, Palo
`Alto, CA (US); Lynn D. Gabbay,
`Sunnyvale, CA (US)
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`(73) Assignee: Mainstream Scientific, LLC, Mountain
`View, CA (US)
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`WO
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC ececcscreesstesesseecneeenenseneees 715/700; 709/219
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(56)
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`References Cited
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
`WO0180086 A2
`10/2001
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`Step 1 of2- Open and Arrange Dots
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`Step 2 of2 - Name DotPack
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`Samsung v. DoDots
`IPR2023-00701
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`open Dotwill be stored in your pack. Exhibit 1041
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`*)
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`Notice:
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`1)
`y
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 954 days.
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`This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
`claimer.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 11/932,286
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`(22)
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`Filed:
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`Oct. 31, 2007
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2008/0229217 Al
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`Sep. 18, 2008
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 09/558,925, filed on
`Apr. 26, 2000, now Pat. No. 7,660,868.
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`(60) Provisional application No. 60/131,083, filed on Apr.
`26, 1999, provisional application No. 60/131,115,
`filed on Apr. 26, 1999, provisional application No.
`60/131,114,
`filed on Apr. 26, 1999, provisional
`application No. 60/176,687, filed on Jan. 18, 2000,
`provisional application No. 60/176,699, filed on Jan.
`18, 2000.
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
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`(2006.01)
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`(Continued)
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`Primary Examiner — Sulaiman Nooristany
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
`Pittman, LLP
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
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`A software componentfor accessing and displaying Internet
`content includes a definition for rendering a graphical user
`interface within which Internet content may be presented
`outside of and without utilization of a web browser applica-
`tion. The componentalso includes a network reference, such
`as a URL,pointingto the Internet content such thatthe Inter-
`net Content may be downloaded and presented within said
`user interface. A component provider may thus create cus-
`tomized displays within which intended web-content may be
`rendered. An application component maybe usedin associa-
`tion with the software component to managethe collection,
`organization, sharing, and rendering of a plurality of such
`software components.
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`25 Claims, 37 Drawing Sheets
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`Exhibit 1041
`Samsung v. DoDots
`IPR2023-00701
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